As you might expect from someone still actively ensconced in the Harry Potter franchise, once and future Draco Malfoy Tom Felton is still quite deferential to author J.K. Rowling. On Sunday, the actor appeared on the Tony Awards red carpet in his first public appearance since announcing his Broadway debut in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.

Tom Felton was on the red carpet when he was interviewed by Variety for a clip on their TikTok. The interviewer asks “Did the Twitterverse controversy around JK Rowling’s views impact you at all or impact your work in the [Harry Potter] world at all?”